Sentence examples for inside the quotation marks from inspiring English sources
That is, if the exclamation point relates to the emphasis of the quote, then it belongs inside the quotation marks.
We are informed that when a sentence ends with a quotation American usage always places the terminal punctuation inside the quotation marks, which is not so.
He acknowledged that there should have been ellipses in the shortened Kafka quotation, but said it was O.K. to change Kafka's words inside the quotation marks since the exam noted that it was an "adapted quote".
The spelling and punctuation are annoyingly British (here in America we prefer our periods and commas inside the quotation marks), and the word choice is sometimes puzzling (Marx-Macdonald doesn't maintain the distinction between "further" and "farther"), but anyone who can take Dutch and make it not-Dutch deserves an honored place in society.
In the first, the question mark refers to just the quoted part of the sentence, so it goes inside the quotation marks.
Correction: When I was a Boy Scout, my favorite part was the games we played on camping trips, especially "search and destroy!" (Exclamation mark should go inside the quotation marks).
A lesson in "logical punctuation": does the period belong inside or outside the quotation marks?
By Vanna Le May 15 , 2011A lesson in "logical punctuation": does the period belong inside or outside the quotation marks?
If you're quoting without giving a citation (because your entire essay is about a single work, for example) commas and periods go inside the quotations marks.
(The quotation marks are used advisedly).
